The Cape Dory Board

Good morning, Thank you all very much for taking the time to reply. I am waiting on a quote from Dions for a Beta. I appreciate the thoughts on not needing a total rebuild but am told the-engine needs to come out to accurately diagnose the problem and once the engine is out might as well rebuild or ...

A friend who lived in the same area as the PO told me the boat never left the slip

The engine hour meter reading is @800 not 2800

Good morning, Our new to us 1989 Cape Dory MK II has a Westerbeke 21A with 2800 hours. Visually the engine presents well with little corrosion visible with little rust. When we launched and started the engine it seemed underpowered and there was white smoke underway. Hansen marine evaluated the engi...

FYI We decided on the Petit white and it is near perfect match

Hi, We need to paint the stern of our 1989 Cape Dory 30 MK II. We are using Petit EZ poxy topsides and it looks like the white or Mediterranean white is a close match. If anyone out there has matched the original Cape Dory White any information would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you. Steve O Cap...

Hi, Our 1989 30 MKII has lewmar bronze winches. I cannot tell if the finish is an applied antique or just tarnish build up over the years. I tried to polish with Collinite metal polish but that made no change making me think it is an applied finish. I scratched the surface in a small area and confir...

Looks like almost everything on these boats were well made. Reason for upgrade would be to control traveler from cockpit.

Thanks

Steve O

Thanks to all for your input. We have decided on a crosscut 125 7oz

Your responses were all very helpful.

Steve O

Tim

Thank you for you response

Cheers

Steve O

Hi We would like to upgrade our main sheet traveler on our recently acquired 1989 CD MKll. Also considering leading main halyard back to cockpit with a winch installed on starboard cabin top. Any suggestions for hardware, experiences or thoughts on this would be appreciated Thank you Steve O CD 30 M...

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My sailmaker makes a pretty good case for the flexibility of a 135 that can be reefed down. I am hoping a 30 MK ll owner can chime in here as it is a different hull than the 30.

Thank you

Steve

Jeff
Not sure if PM went through. New at navigating this site

Bill Kurtz

What size Genoa do you recommend? We sail in Marblehead. Average wind 10-12 with upper teen afternoon sea breezes

Thanks

Steve

Jbenagh Thanks so much for your response. That is great information on how the 110 performs in 8-10. To me the ease of handling when there is air as opposed to rare times it is low single digits is worth the trade off. It is amazing how less can be more. I know our boats our different in that the MK...